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This is the fifth of sixteen volumes compiled in 1931 or 1932 by William Henry Holmes to document his life and work. The volume contains original correspondence, documents, ephemera, watercolors/drawings, and photographs throughout. It describes Holme's work as part of F. V. Hayden's surveys for the territories during "five summers among the rugged peaks and fascinating valleys of the splendid ranges of Colorado."

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William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was an anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, and geologist, who spent much of his career affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. He studied art under Theodore Kauffman, and went on to work as a scientific illustrator with Smithsonian staff. In 1872, he was appointed artist-topographer to the United States survey of the territories under Ferdinand V. Hayden, and in 1874 was appointed assistant geologist. He went on to work with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), until returning to the Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum (USNM). Holmes eventually became head curator of the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Anthropology and Director of the National Gallery of Art

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